Synopses & Reviews
Learn more about the Heinemann Seminar based on this book: Inside the Teaching of Writing Your curriculum is packed, and you have barely enough instructional time to teach students essential writing skills, let alone how to combine those skills to form cohesive, compelling work. Fortunately, there is a solution to the time crunch, a quicker, more effective way to help children understand the complexities of writing, and Don Graves and Penny Kittle are ready to share it with you. In Inside Writing, Graves and Kittle show you the power behind an apprenticeship approach to writing instruction where you mentor students using your own writing-even if you don't consider yourself a writer. Inside Writing is a practical, flexible three-part program that gives you numerous entryways for learning how to model the central elements of the craft: topic choice rereading details response conventions the writing life. Begin with any aspect of Inside Writing, and you'll discover new insights about high
Synopsis
In Inside Writing, Graves and Kittle show you the power behind an apprenticeship approach to writing instruction where you mentor students using your own writing-even if you don't consider yourself a writer.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Teacher as Writer
Part II: Learning How to Reread Your Writing
Rereading Techniques
Point of View
Poetry
Letters into Essays
Fiction
Part III: Bringing Teacher Writing Into the Classroom
Choosing a Topic
Rereading a Text
Using Details
Conferring: Being an Audience
Writing with Teachers
Five Years Later: The Group Remains
Using Conventions
In Conclusion
Appendices
:Ten Frequently Asked Questions About Quick Writes
Templates for Taking Notes During Writing Conferences
Sample Teacher Notes on Conferences
Developing a Quick Write into a Personal Narrative
References